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Item No: 7E <br />Meeting Date: September 28, 2009 <br />Type of Business: Action <br />Administrator Review: ______ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 836, Approving <br />the Vacation of a Sanitary Sewer Easement at the Mermaid, <br /> 2200 County Highway 10 <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Dan Hall, owner of the Mermaid, has applied to the City for the vacation of a sanitary sewer <br />easement that the City took in 1966 for a proposed sewer line, but never used. Mr. Hall <br />recently sold the AmericInn motel, and the buyer’s attorney requested that Mr. Hall apply to <br />the City to vacate this easement as part of the sale agreement. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The public works staff has reviewed this request and determined that the City changed <br />where the sewer pipe was installed, and placed it on the other side of County Highway 10 <br />instead. <br /> <br />To vacate an easement or other public interest in a parcel, the City must determine that the <br />easement no longer serves a public purpose. In this case, the City has never used this <br />easement in the 43 years that it has existed and the City has no plans to use the easement <br />in the near future. As such, there should be no negative impact with the vacation. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council review the request and original easement <br />document, and hold the first reading and introduction of Ordinance 836. This resolution <br />approves the vacation of a sanitary sewer easement along County Highway 10 at County <br />Road H. <br /> <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br /> Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Plat showing easement location <br />2. Ordinance 836 <br />